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WCTU was created
In the mid to late 1800s, when bars started to pop up all around the country and men started going to them and then coming home drunk, which was also opposed to some people's religions caused problems. To take action, women across the state of Ohio who wanted to try to end the production of alcohol created the women's Christian temperance union to show that women do not like the production and sale of alcohol -
Anti-Saloon League
Once the WCTU started to gain the people of Ohio's attention, some men who agreed with the women's beliefs about the sale, production, and consumption of alcohol. In 1893 Anti-Saloon was created in Oberlin, Ohio. The goal of the Anti-Saloon League was to get rid of all of the Saloons. -
Carrie Nations Crusade
Carrie Nation, a woman who supported prohibition, wanted the saloons to be destroyed. Since nobody would get rid of the saloons she took matters into her own hands and went on a rampage. She began a 10-year crusade of destroying saloons. -
Washington D.C. Mass March
Both the Women's Christan Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League were expanding from state-wide to Ohio to Nationally of the whole United States. On December 10, 1913, they planned a protest at the nation's capital in Washington D.C. THe purpose of their march was to get the lawmakers attention to get the prohibition amendment added to the constitution -
18th Amendment is passed
After years of protest against the sale, production, and consumption of Alcohol, finally, the lawmakers decided it was time to take action of prohibition. On October 28, 1919, The national prohibition act was passed, which is also known as the Volstead act. -
Bootlegging
Since during the 1920s, alcohol was illegal in the united states, that did not stop many people from getting their hands on alcohol whether it was to consume it themselves or to sell it. Bootlegging was the illegal sale, production, and trade of alcohol during prohibition which occurred throughout the 1920s. -
Rum Row
William McCoy led a "rum run" trade by sailing a ship that had over 1500 cases of liquor from the Bahamas to Savanah Georgia. They pocketed 15000 dollars from just that one trip. This is significant because it was one of the largest illegal alcohol runs while alcohol was illegal. -
The great depression
During the great depression, there was a loss of jobs and a decrease in wages. It was argued and protested that the ban on alcohol in the United States was bad for the economy because of the lack of jobs, If alcohol was legal there would be jobs to produce and sell it. -
Stock Market Crash
The stock market crashed during the great depression in 1929. Even though Alcohol was banned in the United States during this time, but this was important because the federal government needed to tax stuff to get tax money so they taxed alcohol. -
The 21st Amendment is ratified
On December 5, 1933, after years of the sale, production, and consumption of alcohol being outlawed in the united states, the 21st Amendment was ratified repealing prohibition, legalizing alcohol once again in the united states.
